McKavanagh Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McKavanagh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McKavanagh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1661:162,62516,859
Northern Ireland1171:15,7702,120
United States491:7,397,121336,459
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
England131:4,286,005132,302
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland491:90,4056,033
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

McKavanagh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name McKavanagh Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname McKavanagh is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McKavanagh? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,011,991st most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. McKavanagh is mostly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of McKavanagh live; 75 percent live in Australasia and 75 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname McKavanagh is most prevalent in Australia, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 162,625. In Australia it is mostly concentrated in: Queensland, where 85 percent are found, New South Wales, where 10 percent are found and Western Australia, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Australia this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 47 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

McKavanagh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McKavanagh has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the McKavanagh surname grew 186 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McKavanagh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McKavanagh surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States McKavanagh are 42.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 88.89% registered with the political party.

The amount McKavanagh earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.06% less than the national average, earning $43,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.54% more than the national average, earning $52,435 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to McKavanagh
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